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To make a repaint do i need the model file for the aircraft? Also what other files do i need?

Well, if there is a paint kit, you want that. You need a program to do the painting. Pay a visit to the repainting section, you will find good info. there.

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Well, if there is a paint kit, you want that. You need a program to do the painting. Pay a visit to the repainting section, you will find good info. there.

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Well i found this freeware dc-10-30 i think it's on simv it has like AA,United,BA etc i wanted to do a Fictional repaint of 1 in Olympic, and Air Canada but i guess i can't unless i find a paint kit

Well, if there is a paint kit, you want that. You need a program to do the painting. Pay a visit to the repainting section, you will find good info. there.

8-)

Well i found this freeware dc-10-30 i think it's on simv it has like AA,United,BA etc i wanted to do a Fictional repaint of 1 in Olympic, and Air Canada but i guess i can't unless i find a paint kit

What I said is basic stuff. I have never even done a paint. Stop by the paint section. Ask there, they will know for sure.

8-)

Well, if there is a paint kit, you want that. You need a program to do the painting. Pay a visit to the repainting section, you will find good info. there.

8-)

Well i found this freeware dc-10-30 i think it's on simv it has like AA,United,BA etc i wanted to do a Fictional repaint of 1 in Olympic, and Air Canada but i guess i can't unless i find a paint kit

What I said is basic stuff. I have never even done a paint. Stop by the paint section. Ask there, they will know for sure.

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k thank you

You can also paint over an existing texture, if I'm not mistaken.

It starts with a paintkit, (it can be done without, but then it will be (much) more work), that contains layered psd or psp files.
Then you need a graphics program like paint shop (psp) or photoshop (psd) (both payware) or gimp (freeware). You open the paintkit files in there, draw whatever you want your aircraft to look like, save the texture files in the right format (bmp for fs9, dds or bmp for fsx), if you want reflective paint, or bare metal, you'll have to edit the alphachannel as well.
Finally, you combine and convert all your work to files that FS recognizes with DXTbmp (freeware), you import them in FS and stand back in awe at your wonderful work (too be honest, you usually see that you made lots of mistakes ad try again..).
That's it in a nutshell, now for the little details....
My advice: start with an aircraft for which you can find a paintkit, and start with a simple livery, and continue from there..
good luck!

you import them in FS and stand back in awe at your wonderful work (too be honest, you usually see that you made lots of mistakes and try again..).
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How true this is. Sometimes i think 'how could i have screwed that bit up so much!'

But although im still a novice in the repainting lark, i can defo state a decent paintkit makes such a difference.

Going from a single .bmp that contained the whole aircraft to somthing like the Level D with so many layers its mind boggling

k thanks guys!

Don't be put off

We all make a mess at first

A mate of mine recently posted on another forum

'He who makes no mistakes...makes nothing"

Oh so true